John Ratzenberger, still most famous as postman Cliff Clavin on Cheers, spoke recently at the Log Cabin, a banquet and meeting house in Holyoake Mass., to advocate the value of skilled trades.
Ratzenberger, speaking to a group of local businesses, lamented that skilled trades are getting left behind by society and discounted as a career option [...]

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Another story about a county that is worried about its inability to fill skilled trades jobs can be found in yesterday’s edition of the News Democrat, in Belleville, Illinois. Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/ntm/story/198992.html
Meanwhile just across the border in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, leaders are warning that low unemployment numbers are part of a [...]

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